A Labour MP has admitted this could be the election he loses his seat after 38 years - but says he's not giving up.

David Winnick has represented Walsall North as the Labour MP since 1979.

But he says opinion polls suggest the general election on June 8 could be when he finally loses his seat.

However, the 83-year-old MP insisted he was fighting to win, and wasn't a quitter.

Mr Winnick said on Twitter: "If the polls are anywhere near accurate, I am the underdog for the contest in Walsall North... but I'm no quitter!

"Polls are no reason for me not to stand as a Labour candidate and do my utmost to win & campaign in parliament for ordinary people."

His comments reflected opinion polls which suggest Labour is on course for a dramatic defeat in the June 8 election.

And the results of the West Midlands mayoral election suggests Conservatives are set to gain seats across Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton and the Black Country towns of Dudley and Walsall.

Our analysis of the vote suggests Tories could take Birmingham Northfield and Birmingham Edgbaston from Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party.

Dudley North, currently represented by Labour’s Ian Austin, would also go blue.

Labour-held Coventry South would also fall to the Tories.

Conservatives would take back the marginal seat of Wolverhampton South West, which they won in 2010 but lost to Labour in 2015.

And Labour is on course to lose Walsall North.

But Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn launched Labour's election campaign by insisting: "We are fighting to win this election.” And with four weeks to go until polling day, Mr Corbyn insisted: "We have four weeks to have a chance to take our wealth back."